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“You willingly pay that kind of money, aren’t you doing something else together?”

Lexi, who was following me, said that.

“No.”

“Don’t worry, just tell me. I’m kind of a bit loud-mouthed, right?”

I looked at the elf chattering next to me without resting for a moment.

She was telling me to tell her a secret, but looking at her talkative nature, I didn’t really feel trustworthy.

There were two main aspects of her shown in the short story.

Wizard and explainer.

And if I had to add one more role, what would it be like to represent the elf race?

If the elves hear that Lexi represents the elves, they will foam at the mouth and object.

That’s because Lexi was a special type of elf even among elves.

Unlike other elves, they were friendly to humans and dwarves, talked a lot, and ate meat.

Also, he liked desserts and was energetic.

She just looked like a young woman who was an elf.

Of course, I remembered that his actual age was probably quite far from being young.

anyway.

“I buy all kinds of strange things.”

While following me, Lexi said something.

It was a bit of a strange shopping list.

But the strangest thing was actually himself.

“…Why are you following me?”

It’s true that I saved Lexi from a difficult situation in order to build her favorability, but I never thought I’d get caught up in shopping.

Shopping with a beautiful elf was a good thing for a man, but it also created more troublesome things.

Maybe it was because he thought he owed him something.

She tried to bargain with me when I didn’t want to, and as a result, it actually interfered with my ability to buy things.

Even in the blacksmith’s town, which has a high percentage of dwarves, even trying to custom-make a barbell almost failed because the dwarves were wary of the elf Rexi.

I have nothing to sell to my elf companion.

The cliché that the two races are not on good terms also seemed to exist in this world.

“Ah… Well, I thought I might be able to help…Ahaha…”

Lexi smiled awkwardly, avoiding my gaze.

It was the laughter of someone who fully understood that he had not been helpful.

My intentions were good, but I couldn’t say anything, so I sighed and moved to find the last location.

“I’m really going back to my accommodation now, so you don’t have to follow me.”

“Still…”

“…If you think it’s a debt, come to the Dark Knights tomorrow and be nice to me.”

Even though Lexi is being kind to me now, it’s only because I helped her.

Elves as a whole were beings with a definite benefactor relationship.

That’s why other elves hated humans and dwarves, remembering their resentment even after centuries had passed.

Lexi didn’t hate humans, but if she didn’t like the way the Dark Knights treated her, it was clear that she would treat them just as harshly.

In fact, it was like that in the original short story.

There was a reason why I decided to build up likability in advance.

“…I understand.”

After thinking about it, Lexi nodded and answered.

And then we broke up.

No, I tried to do that.

“…”

“…”

Due to the atmosphere and timing of the conversation, it was time for us to separate from each other and walk our separate ways.

Somehow, we found ourselves walking somewhere side by side again.

I looked at Lexi out of the corner of my eye to see if she was following me again, but this time, it seemed like we were just going down the same path.

Lexi was also looking at me, confused as to what the situation was.

At least I don’t think it’s following me…

‘ah.’

When I think about it, it was quite possible that our steps overlapped.

As Cecil was lying in my room, I was on my way to Adventurer’s Town to find lodgings, and Lexi, who was next to me, had just arrived in the city due to support from the Knights, so I had to head over to look for lodgings as well.

The causes were different, but the destination was the same.

We walked awkwardly together like this, so I ended up talking first.

“…Are you looking for accommodation?”

“Oh, well…?”

Cecile seemed to have not expected that he would suddenly speak to her, her shoulders flinched and trembled, and she answered awkwardly.

“Do you know of any good accommodations?”

“Well, it has to be big, and there has to be a proper restaurant downstairs, not a bar.”

“Oh…”

Although I wasn’t expecting it, I got a very useful answer.

If I hadn’t asked, I would have taken the accommodation with a bar as a matter of course.

This was the image of the adventurer’s lodgings I usually saw and heard about in comics and novels.

As I entered Adventurer’s Street, I saw many people on the street.

It was an adventurer’s street, but it was just the main street where most people passed by.

Most of the merchants and adventurers who were waiting in long lines outside the castle walls probably had this street as their destination, and many merchants were sitting on the ground selling their wares.

“Umm…”

I looked at them, feeling somewhat sentimental.

Be an adventurer.

If it weren’t for quests, I also wanted to become an adventurer.

That feeling of freely adventuring with your party.

I felt romance and romance.

Of course, you can only feel that when your skills are backed up.

Wouldn’t it be possible for me now?

It will definitely appear if you look for it on the quest board.

I’ll definitely have to look for it later.

“There are quite a few knights who admire adventurers.”

“…is it obvious?”

“You’ll know it when you see it.”

After all, can we not ignore the experience that comes with age?

I couldn’t say this out loud, but it occurred to me because Lexi is an elf.

“Actually, adventurers want to become knights.”

“Yes? …Why?”

“Uh… stable income and work-life balance?”

When you said it that way, I understood.

Are you saying it feels like a freelancer looks at a civil servant?

It certainly seemed like that was the case.

Yesterday and today, despite the intensity of the work, I had quite a bit of time to rest, so I was able to go out to buy things early in the evening like now.

The work-life balance was solid.

The income wasn’t high, but it was my standard, and it didn’t seem to be low compared to a typical job.

Above all, I came in consistently and didn’t seem to have much worry about getting fired.

As long as you don’t get caught by the knight leader, Dana…

Adventurer and knight.

Are you saying that you both envy each other?

As I searched for accommodation based on the criteria that Lexi gave me, the candidates were narrowed down to one or two.

And in the end, our steps to the hotel were the same.

“I somehow came here together.”

“Yes, it worked out better. I’ll buy you some food.”

Perhaps because she didn’t want to accumulate a lot of debt, Lexi said she would buy her food.

This time I accepted the favor and sat down.

Then a man who appeared to be an employee ran out and took the order.

Lexi took the order board skillfully and naturally ordered some food.

To be honest, as an elf, I was worried about what would happen if I only ordered salad-type food, but later I remembered that Lexi liked meat in the original.

I was glad that she wasn’t following the clichés of elves.

We ordered greasy food and even alcohol.

Yes, Lexi even liked alcohol.

That too.

[Castle: A rough man, a man who doesn’t care about age, a young man, drunk.]

It was a somewhat hysterical wall.

Perhaps because she looked like a young woman, it felt like an out-of-place castle wall.

Lexi loved drinking so much that her drunken state was written on the castle wall.

Before the food came out, the waiter first served the prepared drinks.

The alcohol was cheap, so I thought they would only bring a little, but they ended up bringing what seemed to be almost 2 liters of alcohol next to me.

My mouth dropped open when I saw the amount of alcohol.

“Isn’t that too much?”

“Eh, it’s about this much.”

Perhaps because she was confident in her drinking capacity, Lexi laughed at me and said,

“Can’t I drink this much?”

The question was asked as if provoking me.

Since it’s alcohol, I honestly don’t enjoy it, so I don’t know how much I can drink, but considering my current physical condition, I don’t think I can drink it.

Plus, it was an opportunity to drink alcohol from this world, a fantasy world.

I accepted the challenge, and Lexi held out her glass with a satisfied expression.

***

“Please give me a room.”

“Yes, that colleague…is he okay?”

“Ugh…”

Lexi was now on my back.

He was showing with his whole body what it looks like to be so drunk that you wouldn’t know it even if you carried him on his back.

In the meantime, he kept groaning, saying he had a headache or something.

To top it off, when I was making a reservation for an accommodation, an employee who was a complete stranger asked me with concern.

“Yes, whatever. It’s okay.”

Considering that he likes drinking, it doesn’t seem like it’s something that happens once or twice, and he also drunkenly said that he would be fine if he took a nap and woke up.

After receiving the key, I went upstairs to the hotel.

Is it because she’s an elf?

When I carried Lexi on my back, I was surprised that it was much lighter than I expected, and I was surprised by an unknown refreshing smell.

When I arrived at the door of the room, I opened it and put Lexi down on the bed.

He looked defenseless.

Elf.

It looked similar to a human, but if you looked at it slowly like this, it had a completely different beauty.

The face was small, the ears were long, and the skin was as smooth as porcelain.

“…Phew.”

Perhaps because of the alcohol, my head got hot easily.

I opened the window and slowly breathed in the night air, and my head seemed to clear.

Okay, I was thinking of just moving on.

Before something I haven’t seen in a long time comes out.

[Hidden Quest: Bring Lexi to climax.]